Tag: threat
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Prolific Chinese espionage group exploits BeyondTrust zero-day
Researchers said the first known attack by Armory Castle, also known as UNC5221, occurred almost seven weeks ago. The threat group previously compromised Ivanti and Citrix customers. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/china-espionage-attacks-beyondtrust-zero-day-armory-castle/
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Attackers Tampered with AOMEI Backupper’s Update Servers for Minutes to Deliver a Backdoor
Attackers repeatedly changed the files that AOMEI Backupper fetches from the vendor’s own update servers, in windows of five to ten minutes at a time between May and July 2026, so that any copy of the Windows backup program that checked for an update during one of those windows would download and run a backdoor.Google…
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UAT-11985 Uses Fake Event Invites to Target Taiwan Research Affiliates With Google AitM Phishing
Tags: authentication, credentials, cybersecurity, framework, google, mfa, phishing, spear-phishing, threatCybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an advanced persistent threat (APT) spear-phishing campaign that has targeted individuals affiliated with Taiwan research organizations to direct victims to an adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing framework designed to harvest their Google account credentials and multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes.The activity is being tracked by First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article:…
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Zero-Day in BeyondTrust Remote Support Appliances Exploited
‘Patch ASAP’ Before Fix Gets Reverse-Engineered by Other Attackers, Expert Warns. All self-hosted BeyondTrust Remote Support appliance users are being urged to immediately patch a bug that an advanced persistent threat group tied to China, which specializes in hacking edge devices. Its been exploiting since late August as a zero-day vulnerability to steal credentials and…
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Ransomware Gangs Increasingly Turn to Threats of Physical Violence to Extort Payments
New report warns that threats of violence against employees of organizations hit by ransomware are on the rise as attackers find new ways to guarantee payments First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ransomware-threats-physical/
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U.S. CISA adds Atlassian flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Atlassian flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an Atlassian flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-21589 (CVSS score of 9.3), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. In early October, threat actors started exploiting CVE-2026-21589, a critical arbitrary file access flaw…
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Hackers Use Hundreds of AI Agents to Exploit PaperCut Servers and Steal Windows Credentials
A likely Russian-speaking threat actor used hundreds of AI agents to exploit PaperCut NG/MF servers, steal Windows credentials and establish reusable access to internal networks. GreyNoise identified at least 440 compromised instances belonging to 395 organizations across 48 countries, demonstrating how agent-assisted workflows can accelerate exploitation of enterprise infrastructure. The operator combined OpenAI’s Codex harness…
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PEERSTITCH Malware Deployed via FortiOS Flaw Bypasses Checks on Tagged VPN Sessions
A suspected advanced threat actor has been observed exploiting a security flaw in Fortinet FortiOS to deliver a previously unreported memory-resident ARM64 malware known as PEERSTITCH.The attack involves the exploitation of CVE-2025-61624 (CVSS score: 5.4), a path traversal flaw in the command line interpreter of FortiOS, FortiPAM, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager that could allow a First…
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DDoS attacks can knock services offline before links reach capacity
More than 9.1 million DDoS attacks were recorded globally between January and June 2026, an increase of nearly a quarter year over year, according to Netscout’s DDoS Threat … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/16/netscout-ddos-attack-growth-report/
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Proofpoint to Buy Data Security Stalwart Varonis for $6.3B
Thoma Bravo-Owned Firm Moves to Combine Data Protection and AI Governance. Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion in what would be 2026’s largest pure-play cybersecurity acquisition, combining email security, threat intelligence, data access governance and AI protection as enterprises confront growing risks from autonomous AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…